Timeline of Trento

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Trento in the Trentino-South Tyrol region of Italy.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 19th century

• 49 BCE – Trento granted Roman citizenship.[1]
• 2nd–4th C. CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Trento established.[2]
• 387 CE – Vigilius of Trent becomes bishop.
• 5th C. – Ostrogoths in power.[3]
• 569 – Trento becomes "seat of the Lombard dukes."[4]
• 774 – Franks in power.[3]
• 1027 – Bishopric of Trent established.[5]
• 1145 – Trento Cathedral consecrated.
• 1207 – Federico Wanga becomes bishop.[4]
• 1212 – Cathedral of San Vigilio construction begins.[6]
• 1250 – Buonconsiglio Castle construction begins.[4]
• 1475 – Printing press in operation.[7][1]
• 1487 – Venetian attacks ended.[3]
• 16th c. – Palazzo delle Albere built.
• 1514
  • Bernardo Clesio becomes bishop.[1]
  • Santa Maria Maggiore church construction begins.[3]
• 1515 – Palazzo Salvadori building begins.
• 1545 – Religious Council of Trent begins.[8]
• 1563 – Council of Trent ends.[8]
• 1602 – Palazzo Galasso built.[1]
• 1761 – Accademia Trentina active.^(it)
• 1743 – Trento Cathedral building completed.
• 1768 – Fountain of Neptune (Trento) [it] installed.[9]
• 1795 – Società Filarmonica di Trento founded.^(it)

19th century

• 1803 – Trento becomes part of Austria.[6][3]
• 1810 – Trento becomes seat of the Department of Alto Adige of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy.[1]
• 1814 – Trento becomes part of the Austrian Habsburg Empire again.[3]
• 1819 – Teatro Mazzurana [it] opens.[10][11]
• 1827 – Cimitero monumentale di Trento [it] (cemetery) established.
• 1846 – Museo tridentino di scienze naturali [it] (museum) opens.
• 1848 – Invasion of Trentino (1848) [it].[1]
• 1856 – Biblioteca comunale di Trento [it] (library) established.[12][13]
• 1857 – Population: 14,347.[1]
• 1859 – Brenner Railway (Verona-Trento) begins operating & Trento railway station opens.
• 1872 – Società degli Alpinisti Tridentini (hiking club) founded.[14]
• 1880 – Population: 19,585.[1]
• 1896 – Dante monument (Trento) [it] erected.[3]
• 1900 – Population: 24,868.[1][3]

20th century

• 1909 – Trento–Malè–Marilleva railway begins operating.
• 1910
  • Trento–Venice railway in operation.
  • Population: 30,049.[15]
• 1918 – Trento becomes part of Italy.[1]
• 1919 – Società per gli Studî Trentini founded.[1]
• 1921 – A.C. Trento S.C.S.D. (football club) formed.
• 1922 – Stadio Briamasco (stadium) opens.
• 1923 – Circondario di Trento [it] (administrative region) established.
• 1925 – Sardagna aerial tram [it] begins operating.
• 1931 – Population: 38,176.[1]
• 1935 – Mausoleo di Cesare Battisti [it] built on nearby Doss Trento [it].[1]
• 1936 – Trento railway station rebuilt.
• 1938 – Giardino Botanico Alpino alle Viotte di Monte Bondone (garden) established near Trento.[16]
• 1943 – 2 September: Aerial bombing of Trento [it] by Allied forces during World War II.
• 1945 – l'Adige newspaper begins publication.[17]
• 1947 – Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol autonomous region established.[5]
• 1952 – Trento Film Festival [it] begins.
• 1962 – Istituto universitario superiore di Scienze Sociali established.[18]
• 1966 – Student unrest.[19]
• 1986 – Accademia degli Accesi active.^(it)
• 1988 – Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party formed.
• 1990 – Lorenzo Dellai becomes mayor.
• 1998 – Alberto Pacher [it] becomes mayor.

21st century

• 2008
  • September: Alessandro Andreatta becomes mayor.
  • 26 October: Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections, 2008 held.
• 2013 – Population: 115,540.[20]
• 2020 – Franco Ianeselli becomes mayor.

See also

• Trento history (it, de)
• List of podestà of Trento [it], 1810–1945
• List of mayors of Trento, 1945–present
• List of bishops of Trento
• Other names of Trento
• History of Trentino province

Timelines of other cities in the macroregion of Northeast Italy:^(it)

• Emilia-Romagna region: Timeline of Bologna; Ferrara; Forlì; Modena; Parma; Piacenza; Ravenna; Reggio Emilia; Rimini
• Friuli-Venezia Giulia region: Timeline of Trieste
• Veneto region: Timeline of Padua; Treviso; Venice; Verona; Vicenza

References

1. Treccani 1937.
2. "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Italy". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
3. Britannica 1910.
4. Kleinhenz 2004.
5. "La storia". Trento Città (in Italian). Comune di Trento. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
6. Chambers 1901.
7. Robert Proctor (1898). "Books Printed From Types: Austria-Hungary: Trient". Index to the Early Printed Books in the British Museum. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. hdl:2027/uc1.c3450632 – via HathiTrust.
8. Haydn 1910.
9. Baedeker 1911.
10. Alfredo Comandini (1900). L'Italia nei cento anni del secolo XIX (1801–1900): giorno per giorno (in Italian). Milan: Antonio Vallardi Editore. OCLC 2899668. 1900–1942. (Chronology)
11. Perini 1852.
12. "(Comune: Trento)". Anagrafe delle biblioteche italiane (Registry of Italian Libraries) (in Italian). Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
13. "La storia". Biblioteca Comunale di Trento (in Italian). Comune di Trento. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
14. A.J. Mackintosh (1907). "Mountaineering Clubs, 1857–1907". Alpine Journal (177). UK. hdl:2027/njp.32101076197365.
15. "Austria-Hungary: Austria". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1913. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368374. Trient
16. "Garden Search: Italy". London: Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
17. "Italy". Western Europe. Regional Surveys of the World (5th ed.). Europa Publications. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-152-0.
18. Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 576+. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
19. Gino Moliterno, ed. (2005) [2000]. Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture. Routledge. ISBN 0203440250.
20. "Resident Population". Demo-Geodemo. Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Retrieved 14 January 2017.

This article incorporates information from the Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• Abraham Rees (1819), "Trent", The Cyclopaedia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown
• William Smith, ed. (1872) [1854]. "Tridentum". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. hdl:2027/hvd.ah5cur.
• David Kay (1880), "Principal Towns: Trent", Austria-Hungary, Foreign Countries and British Colonies, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, hdl:2027/mdp.39015030647005
• T. Francis Bumpus (1900), "Trent", Cathedrals and Churches of Northern Italy, London: Laurie
• "Trent". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901. hdl:2027/njp.32101065312959.
• Aaron Tänzer (1907), "Trent", Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 12, New York, hdl:2027/mdp.49015002282441
• Coolidge, William Augustus Brevoort (1910). "Trent (city)" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). p. 247.
• Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Trent", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl:2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t41r6xh8t
• "Trent", Austria-Hungary (11th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1911, pp. 218–220
• Christopher Kleinhenz, ed. (2004). "Trento". Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Routledge. ISBN 0415939291.

in Italian

Further information (in Italian): Bibliography of Trento^[it]

• Francesco Vigilio Barbacovi [it]. Memorie storiche della città e del territorio di Trento, 1821–1824
• Agostino Perini (1852). Statistica del Trentino. Trento.
• Lamberto Cesarini Sforza [it]. Piazze e strade di Trento, 1896
• "Trento". Le Tre Venézie. Guida d'Italia (in Italian). Milan: Touring Club Italiano. 1920. p. 375+ – via HathiTrust.
• G. Ciccolini (1923). "Rassegna degli studi storici trentini nell'ultimo decennio". Studi Trentini. 4.
• "Trento", Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (in Italian), 1937
• Pina Pedron and Nicoletta Pontalti. Uomini e donne in guerra: Trentino, 1940–1945 (Trento: Museo Storico in Trento, 2001)

in German

• Leopold Kastner, ed. (1867). "Trient". Handels- und Gewerbe-Adressbuch des österreichischen Kaiserstaates. Vienna: Beck’sche Universitätsbuchhandlung.
• "Trient". Brockhaus' Konversations-Lexikon (in German). Vol. 15 (14th ed.). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1896. hdl:2027/njp.32101064064528.

External links

• "Archivio Storico". Biblioteca Comunale di Trento (in Italian). Comune di Trento. (city archives)
• Archivio di Stato di Trento (state archives)
• Items related to Trento, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Trento, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)